Re: tin "new mail" reporting

* Frank Slootweg wrote in news.software.readers:
> SINNER <arcade.master@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> * Cortes Banks wrote in news.software.readers:

>> > Ken <nntp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> I looked through the man page, but can't find this. Is there a way to
>> >> tell tin not to tell me about new mail? It sits there saying "You
>> >> Have Mail". Yes, I know, thank you. If it just told me when I had
>> >> NEW mail, that would be fine. Maybe it's confused because I use
>> >> maildir. I don't know, but if it can't do this correctly, I'd just
>> >> rather not have it say anything.

>> > Tin is a Newsreader. It cannot read Mail.

>> Did you even read the question?

>> When he starts tin it notifies him he has mail, he wants to turn the
>> notification off.

> He indeed says that tin notifies him he has mail, but he didn't, at
> least not specificall, say it is when he starts tin. He uses 1.6.2, the
> same version I am using, and tin never tells me I have mail.

Well, coming from a newbie WRT tin, I noticed it the very first time I
started it. His question, to me seemed obvious, unfortunately, I had no
answer. Reading on, I see your point.

> What I *think* is that he has configured tin to use an *interactive*
> mailer, i.e. not the default /bin/mail, and that that *mailer* says "You
> Have Mail". Also lots of *shells* say that, so it's quite possible that
> at some time a shell is started and that shell thinks it's a
> login-shell, so it says "You Have Mail".

> Anyway, it would be nice to hear *when*, i.e. during which tin
> operation, the message "You Have Mail" is given.

Here we can all agree.
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David
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